Aikman: Romo going down gave a lot of people excuses

[cej757]

Are the Cowboys a 12-4 team with a 4-12 hiccup? Is Dallas a 4-12 team with a shocking 12-4 season? Is a wildly unpredictable 8-8 team what the Cowboys are?

That's what Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett and the rest of the management team of the Dallas Cowboys have to evaluate after sporting each of those records over the past three seasons. And that's what Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and Fox analyst Troy Aikman discussed with The Musers in his weekly visit on Thursday on The Ticket, SportsRadio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM in Dallas.

"I think when Tony [Romo] went down, he gave a lot of people an excuse." Aikman said. "It sounds to me like some people have used that excuse as to why this team wasn't able to do more. It's gotta go much deeper than that."

Aikman used one of the Cowboys' midseason moves as an example of why Dallas can't just say a healthy Romo would have produced a repeat performance by the 2014 NFC East champions.

"You take Matt Cassel for instance," Aikman said. "Matt had not played in a collegiate football game at quarterback while he was in college at [USC]. The last time he started a game was in high school. He takes over for Tom Brady years ago and he wins 10 games. Then he goes to Kansas City and he's a Pro Bowl quarterback. You can't tell me that he's not capable of winning games in this league and they [the Cowboys] won one with him at quarterback.

"Dez [Bryant] goes down. There was a lot of things there. I think it's never as easy as saying that it's just one thing."

 

[Doomsday101]

Are the Cowboys a 12-4 team with a 4-12 hiccup? Is Dallas a 4-12 team with a shocking 12-4 season? Is a wildly unpredictable 8-8 team what the Cowboys are?

That's what Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett and the rest of the management team of the Dallas Cowboys have to evaluate after sporting each of those records over the past three seasons. And that's what Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and Fox analyst Troy Aikman discussed with The Musers in his weekly visit on Thursday on The Ticket, SportsRadio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM in Dallas.

"I think when Tony [Romo] went down, he gave a lot of people an excuse." Aikman said. "It sounds to me like some people have used that excuse as to why this team wasn't able to do more. It's gotta go much deeper than that."

Aikman used one of the Cowboys' midseason moves as an example of why Dallas can't just say a healthy Romo would have produced a repeat performance by the 2014 NFC East champions.

"You take Matt Cassel for instance," Aikman said. "Matt had not played in a collegiate football game at quarterback while he was in college at [USC]. The last time he started a game was in high school. He takes over for Tom Brady years ago and he wins 10 games. Then he goes to Kansas City and he's a Pro Bowl quarterback. You can't tell me that he's not capable of winning games in this league and they [the Cowboys] won one with him at quarterback.

"Dez [Bryant] goes down. There was a lot of things there. I think it's never as easy as saying that it's just one thing."

I agree it was not the loss of Romo alone. Defense gave up some hugh plays at the end of games as well as special teams that cost us. it seem week after week a new culprit is making a critical mistake. As for QB Cassell did replace Brady and others around him stepped up both sides of the ball but no one was mistaking the play of Cassell to that of Brady. Their offense was not nearly as good with Cassell than it was with Brady but again others stepped up and the critical mistakes NE did not make.

In my view losing Romo hurt, starting the season with key defensive players out hurt, having Dez out hurt and some others not playing to an acceptable level hurt

 

[slick325]

From all the comments Aikman has made regarding the Cowboys season recently, it sounds like he is indicting his friend Jason Garrett more than anything else. Maybe I'm reading too much into it but from the things I've read from Aikman that is what I discern.

 

[lostar2009]

This team just could not score points. Any other season 12 or 21points is enough to win a game. Yeah D gave up some points late in games but a clicking offense would have cover that issue. We relied to heavily on D that was not that strong.

 

[Doomsday101]

From all the comments Aikman has made regarding the Cowboys season recently, it sounds like he is indicting his friend Jason Garrett more than anything else. Maybe I'm reading too much into it but from the things I've read from Aikman that is what I discern.

Garrett is responsible as well he is the HC. I had no problem giving Jason credit for the success of last season while his critics hollered Garrett had nothing to do with it yet now this year it was all Garrett. Go figure. However he is the HC and good or bad falls to him, If Jerry choose to fire him I could not blame him, as of now Jason is still HC and will enter 2016 with a lot of pressure on him

 

[Doomsday101]

This team just could not score points. Any other season 12 or 21points is enough to win a game. Yeah D gave up some points late in games but a clicking offense would have cover that issue. We relied to heavily on D that was not that strong.

well one thing for whatever reason defense failed to get turnovers, last years unit while not as talented did manage to produce turnovers in doing that the time of possession was easier to control. Thing is in the Alt game Dallas put up points defense failed to do their job. VS NY instead of getting to overtime we allow a kickoff return for a TD, NO game defense lets a simple wheel rout in OT go the distance to win the game. Yes without starting QB you will not generate the same offense and there is more pressure on others to pick up the load.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I agree it was not the loss of Romo alone. Defense gave up some hugh plays at the end of games as well as special teams that cost us. it seem week after week a new culprit is making a critical mistake. As for QB Cassell did replace Brady and others around him stepped up both sides of the ball but no one was mistaking the play of Cassell to that of Brady. Their offense was not nearly as good with Cassell than it was with Brady but again others stepped up and the critical mistakes NE did not make.

In my view losing Romo hurt, starting the season with key defensive players out hurt, having Dez out hurt and some others not playing to an acceptable level hurt

Very true. In the NFL, most games come down to 2-4 plays per game to decide the winner. We never made those 2-4 plays. For whatever reason. We gave up a KO for a TD at the worst time, We had QB making bad reads and throws at the worst times, players on D missing tackles or assignments at key times. We did have some poor coaching at times too, so that was a problem. Just wasn't a good year and it does go deeper than Romo for sure but hopefully him being back helps a lot.

 

[slick325]

Garrett is responsible as well he is the HC. I had no problem giving Jason credit for the success of last season while his critics hollered Garrett had nothing to do with it yet now this year it was all Garrett. Go figure. However he is the HC and good or bad falls to him, If Jerry choose to fire him I could not blame him, as of now Jason is still HC and will enter 2016 with a lot of pressure on him

I can't disagree with anything you wrote. I am not one that wants JG's head on a stake at all and I actually may be in the category Aikman is asked about that views this season as an aberration and not a trend. I think the continuity is a good thing when it comes to Coaches. That said, there will be pressure on Garrett to show that this season was merely due to injuries to Romo and Dez.

However, I guess I'm surprised to hear Aikman subtly put it all on JG. The messenger and his message surprised me due to the relationship the two have with each other.

 

[Doomsday101]

Very true. In the NFL, most games come down to 2-4 plays per game to decide the winner. We never made those 2-4 plays. For whatever reason. We gave up a KO for a TD at the worst time, We had QB making bad reads and throws at the worst times, players on D missing tackles or assignments at key times. We did have some poor coaching at times too, so that was a problem. Just wasn't a good year and it does go deeper than Romo for sure but hopefully him being back helps a lot.

fully agree with you. I'm not letting anyone off the hook there is ample blame to go around coaches and players alike.

 

[Doomsday101]

I can't disagree with anything you wrote. I am not one that wants JG's head on a stake at all and I actually may be in the category Aikman is asked about that views this season as an aberration and not a trend. I think the continuity is a good thing when it comes to Coaches. That said, there will be pressure on Garrett to show that this season was merely due to injuries to Romo and Dez.

However, I guess I'm surprised to hear Aikman subtly put it all on JG. The messenger and his message surprised me due to the relationship the two have with each other.

Again ultimately it falls to HC good or bad. I will always be consistent in that view unlike many who refuse to give him in credit for 2014 yet place all blame this year.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

Garrett is responsible as well he is the HC. I had no problem giving Jason credit for the success of last season while his critics hollered Garrett had nothing to do with it yet now this year it was all Garrett. Go figure. However he is the HC and good or bad falls to him, If Jerry choose to fire him I could not blame him, as of now Jason is still HC and will enter 2016 with a lot of pressure on him

How much pressure is it really? He has 30m GUARANTEED win or lose. How much pressure has Jerry Jones been under? Win or lose he continues to have the most valuable franchise in the NFL Of course they want to win....but how BAD to they want to win? There are no monetary repercussions for losing. If there were...all this stuff we keep hearing about process, and the right kind of guy and the right way would morph into Jason doing what Hardy had to do on the sideline to get the special teams attention. The front office and coaching staff for this franchise is WAY to comfortable. Because they money is pouring in. How can Wade Wilson...have the job he has...for as long as he has had it...when they have been unable to draft, develop or coach up a competent QB outside of Romo? Who was not even DRAFTED! And would not be on the team if Quincy Carter had been suspended for marijuana. So it is hard to even give them credit for Romo, because he was probably on his way out after camp that summer!

Too many of the same names have been around here since Jimmy left the building. And when you get the results we have gotten...things would have changed if the bottom line was being adversely impacted!

 

[Doc50]

Are the Cowboys a 12-4 team with a 4-12 hiccup? Is Dallas a 4-12 team with a shocking 12-4 season? Is a wildly unpredictable 8-8 team what the Cowboys are?

That's what Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett and the rest of the management team of the Dallas Cowboys have to evaluate after sporting each of those records over the past three seasons. And that's what Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and Fox analyst Troy Aikman discussed with The Musers in his weekly visit on Thursday on The Ticket, SportsRadio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM in Dallas.

"I think when Tony [Romo] went down, he gave a lot of people an excuse." Aikman said. "It sounds to me like some people have used that excuse as to why this team wasn't able to do more. It's gotta go much deeper than that."

Aikman used one of the Cowboys' midseason moves as an example of why Dallas can't just say a healthy Romo would have produced a repeat performance by the 2014 NFC East champions.

"You take Matt Cassel for instance," Aikman said. "Matt had not played in a collegiate football game at quarterback while he was in college at [USC]. The last time he started a game was in high school. He takes over for Tom Brady years ago and he wins 10 games. Then he goes to Kansas City and he's a Pro Bowl quarterback. You can't tell me that he's not capable of winning games in this league and they [the Cowboys] won one with him at quarterback.

"Dez [Bryant] goes down. There was a lot of things there. I think it's never as easy as saying that it's just one thing."

I'm sorry to say that I can't listen to Aikman anymore.

I haven't heard anything from him in several years that would indicate any pride for the 'Boys.
On the contrary, he routinely bashes them on national broadcasts; he's become the anti-homer.

Maybe he holds a deep dislike for JJ or the direction the team has gone, but I think he should remember the organization that was responsible for his fame and fortune, and at least try to be neutral in the media.

Constructive criticism (like that on this forum ) can be a vehicle for positive improvement, but he often just sounds like an ordinary armchair QB, looking to highlight any negative he sees, without giving those involved any benefit of the doubt -- which is something I think his team deserves.

 

[Wolfpack]

Clear as day to me too.

The issue is: do you expect the brain trust of Jerry, Stephen and Jason to solve that? They would have 1)to admit being wrong in order for that to happen and then 2)make actual changes and 3)actually know what changes to make to solve the issue.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

I'm sorry to say that I can't listen to Aikman anymore.

I haven't heard anything from him in several years that would indicate any pride for the 'Boys.
On the contrary, he routinely bashes them on national broadcasts; he's become the anti-homer.

Maybe he holds a deep dislike for JJ or the direction the team has gone, but I think he should remember the organization that was responsible for his fame and fortune, and at least try to be neutral in the media.

Constructive criticism (like that on this forum ) can be a vehicle for positive improvement, but he often just sounds like an ordinary armchair QB, looking to highlight any negative he sees, without giving those involved any benefit of the doubt -- which is something I think his team deserves.

I think you are reading far too much into what Troy says. Ive never felt he was an anti-homer.

 

[khiladi]

Aikman use to defend Garrett all the time. For him to subtly implicate Garrett, if that is what he is doing, is enough to prove he's not being a homer and Garrett isn't doing his job...

 

[CowboyRoy]

Garrett is responsible as well he is the HC. I had no problem giving Jason credit for the success of last season while his critics hollered Garrett had nothing to do with it yet now this year it was all Garrett. Go figure. However he is the HC and good or bad falls to him, If Jerry choose to fire him I could not blame him, as of now Jason is still HC and will enter 2016 with a lot of pressure on him

Its way too lazy to give one person credit when things go right or wrong. Just like it was a joke that Jones got GM of the year last year.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I'm sorry to say that I can't listen to Aikman anymore.

I haven't heard anything from him in several years that would indicate any pride for the 'Boys.
On the contrary, he routinely bashes them on national broadcasts; he's become the anti-homer.

Maybe he holds a deep dislike for JJ or the direction the team has gone, but I think he should remember the organization that was responsible for his fame and fortune, and at least try to be neutral in the media.

Constructive criticism (like that on this forum ) can be a vehicle for positive improvement, but he often just sounds like an ordinary armchair QB, looking to highlight any negative he sees, without giving those involved any benefit of the doubt -- which is something I think his team deserves.

Aikman loves the Cowboys more than anyone. But when he sees Jerry Jones and Garrett butchering the team every year he gets pissed. Just like the rest of us. So why should he be positive about the Cowboys over the last 5 years? They havent done much. I recall Aikman bashing the play calling last year in one particular game with GB when Garrett ran the ball 7 times in the 2nd half with a 23 point lead and a 8 YPC average in the first half.

Aikman sees what we all see. Jones is a joke and so is garrett. He just has to be more professional in how he talks about it.

 

[visionary]

I'm sorry to say that I can't listen to Aikman anymore.

I haven't heard anything from him in several years that would indicate any pride for the 'Boys.
On the contrary, he routinely bashes them on national broadcasts; he's become the anti-homer.

Maybe he holds a deep dislike for JJ or the direction the team has gone, but I think he should remember the organization that was responsible for his fame and fortune, and at least try to be neutral in the media.

Constructive criticism (like that on this forum ) can be a vehicle for positive improvement, but he often just sounds like an ordinary armchair QB, looking to highlight any negative he sees, without giving those involved any benefit of the doubt -- which is something I think his team deserves.

I hope you are not serious
Aikman never bashes the cowboys. He is not saying anything that is not true and he has waited a long long long time to even start to allude to it

The real problems on this team are jerry, Stephen and Garrett. Anyone focusing on the real issues with this team (instead of telling us how trading up for the next Deion will fix it) is fine in my book

 

[Miller]

Are the Cowboys a 12-4 team with a 4-12 hiccup? Is Dallas a 4-12 team with a shocking 12-4 season? Is a wildly unpredictable 8-8 team what the Cowboys are?

That's what Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett and the rest of the management team of the Dallas Cowboys have to evaluate after sporting each of those records over the past three seasons. And that's what Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and Fox analyst Troy Aikman discussed with The Musers in his weekly visit on Thursday on The Ticket, SportsRadio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM in Dallas.

"I think when Tony [Romo] went down, he gave a lot of people an excuse." Aikman said. "It sounds to me like some people have used that excuse as to why this team wasn't able to do more. It's gotta go much deeper than that."

Aikman used one of the Cowboys' midseason moves as an example of why Dallas can't just say a healthy Romo would have produced a repeat performance by the 2014 NFC East champions.

"You take Matt Cassel for instance," Aikman said. "Matt had not played in a collegiate football game at quarterback while he was in college at [USC]. The last time he started a game was in high school. He takes over for Tom Brady years ago and he wins 10 games. Then he goes to Kansas City and he's a Pro Bowl quarterback. You can't tell me that he's not capable of winning games in this league and they [the Cowboys] won one with him at quarterback.

"Dez [Bryant] goes down. There was a lot of things there. I think it's never as easy as saying that it's just one thing."

Just saying...4 pages on this topic...same convo. QBs part 4th post down. Merge this pls.

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/aikman-on-ticket-today.340709/

 

[Sydla]

Are the Cowboys a 12-4 team with a 4-12 hiccup? Is Dallas a 4-12 team with a shocking 12-4 season? Is a wildly unpredictable 8-8 team what the Cowboys are?

That's what Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett and the rest of the management team of the Dallas Cowboys have to evaluate after sporting each of those records over the past three seasons. And that's what Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and Fox analyst Troy Aikman discussed with The Musers in his weekly visit on Thursday on The Ticket, SportsRadio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM in Dallas.

"I think when Tony [Romo] went down, he gave a lot of people an excuse." Aikman said. "It sounds to me like some people have used that excuse as to why this team wasn't able to do more. It's gotta go much deeper than that."

Aikman used one of the Cowboys' midseason moves as an example of why Dallas can't just say a healthy Romo would have produced a repeat performance by the 2014 NFC East champions.

"You take Matt Cassel for instance," Aikman said. "Matt had not played in a collegiate football game at quarterback while he was in college at [USC]. The last time he started a game was in high school. He takes over for Tom Brady years ago and he wins 10 games. Then he goes to Kansas City and he's a Pro Bowl quarterback. You can't tell me that he's not capable of winning games in this league and they [the Cowboys] won one with him at quarterback.

"Dez [Bryant] goes down. There was a lot of things there. I think it's never as easy as saying that it's just one thing."

Aikman gets it.

Too bad some of our fans don't.